#311

Outstanding French Bisque Bebe "Bleuette" with Gautier-Languereau Trunk and Original Costumes
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$1,800 / $2,400
Description
11" (28 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass sleep eyes, long mohair lashes, painted lower lashes, feathered brows, accented nostrils, open mouth, four porcelain teeth, light brown bobbed wig, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 71 Unis France 149 301 1 1/4. Comments: Bleuette presented by Gautier-Languereau from their Semaine de Suzette girl's magazine, 1930s. Value Points: impeccably preserved, the doll is presented in her original trunk from Gautier-Languereau along with extensive trousseau of 14 original costumes from 1935-1953, as well as slippers, gaiters, additional shoes, and original leather boots. Private Collection of Louise Hedrick.